The programme brings together peers, academics, and sector thought leaders to unpack global sustainability challenges critical to families and their communities.

The ways in which wealth and business-owning families can build resilience across the generations and benefit wider society will be addressed in a five-day course hosted by the University of Cambridge, UK, taking place from 11 to 15 November.

The residential programme (see more details here) is being held at the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership, pulling together a group of “impact-led” families from around the world. It is designed to help families develop the knowledge, confidence, and capabilities to act purposefully and shape a sustainable, resilient, and inclusive future, the institute said.

The programme brings together peers, academics, and sector thought leaders to unpack global sustainability challenges critical to families and their communities. Participants will engage in peer-to-peer networking in a confidential environment. 

One of those involved in the programme is Philip Marcovici, who will be known to some of this publication’s readers for past work in and around areas such as cross-border tax, and the UK’s Liechtenstein Disclosure Activity of more than a decade ago. Marcovici is founding advisor to the programme.

"Family and business continuity is an inadequate goal for an ambitious wealth and business owning family. Families can enjoy the possibility of more than just continuity – families can regenerate and benefit from igniting new generations of family stewards and entrepreneurs to not only steward and continue, but to build and contribute,” Marcovici said. 

Marcovici is a graduate of the law schools of the University of Ottawa and Harvard University; he teaches and is a global consultant on areas relevant to wealth planning, international taxation and family business and wealth. The author of The Destructive Power of Family Wealth, Marcovici is based in Hong Kong. (A review of his book can be found here.)

Another co-founding advisor and expert contributor is Iraj Ispahani, CEO, Ispahani Advisory Ltd.

See a story here about the Cambridge programme which took place in 2019.